Revenue Chief Reports North Carolina General Fund Record
Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw announced a record general fund total of 189,106,046 for the last fiscal year, beating estimates by about 1 million. Sales tax and income tax set records while corporation taxes were down slightly. highway fund collections also surpassed prior records.
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Raleigh (P
Eugene Shaw
General Fund
General Funds
Highway Fund
Hodges
Shaw
Nthe Highway Fund
Nine Prison Officers Held By Convicts in Walla Walla Riot
In Walla Walla Washington 33 inmates seized control at the state prison during a revolt over discipline. Eleven officers were seized including associate warden Bezze and Captain Remboldt with later releases and some beatings. Officials and inmates held talks to secure release without agreement as Dr. Harris prepared to resume negotiations.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Washington State
Washington City
Thomas Harris
Ted Bezze
Harris
Bezzerides
Remboldt
Reiboldt
al Remboldt
Washington State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
The
Pen
Opinion Split Over Moscow Peace Talks Signal
Washington officials debate whether Moscow aims to ease Cold War tensions. A majority see gestures like the apology for the downed U.S. plane as concessions, while a smaller group warns such talk is a ruse to slow German rearmament and buy strategic space amid growing strains on Russia.
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Washington
U.S
Moscow
Russia
Kremlin
Ressis
Segni forms pro Western coalition cabinet in Italy
Italian Christian Democrat Antonio Segni announced a cabinet built from his party the Social Democrats and Liberals with backing from the Republicans. The lineup aims to continue pro Western policy and North Atlantic ties as Scelba’s government ends after 16 months.
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Rome
Antonio Segni
Italy
Segni
Giovanni Gronchi
Social Democrats and
Liberals
Mario Scelba
Scelba
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Gateano Martino
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
County Backs Bingo Operators in Dare County
Dare County Board of Commissioners votes 4 to 1 to support ongoing bingo stands near Nags Head for the period licenses cover. A 500 dollar license fee per stand is cited. A challenge to the legality of bingo in Dare County is pending before Superior Court Judge Chester Morris with a Currituck hearing set Saturday. An anonymous kidnapping threat against a resident’s daughter is under FBI investigation.
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Mantec
N.C
Nags Head
Dare County Board of Commisssioners
Marrie Wescott
Virginia Pescott
Manteo
Dare County
Superior Court
Chester Morris
Currituck Saturay
Marjorie Wescott
Elizabeth City
Janet
FBI
Grandmother Nears $64,000 on CBS Bible Quiz
Catherine E. Kreitzer of Camp Hill Pennsylvania has one week to decide whether to take the $32,000 she has won or risk it for $64,000 on The $64,000 Question. The 54 year old grandmother survived the penultimate hurdle with a three part Bible question and named the missing apostle plus the fathers of James the Less. Her husband James a carpenter noted she could be stumped but predicted her win. Kreitzer has worked as a typist at the Naval Supply Depot in Mechanicsburg for 40 years.
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New York
Catherine E. Kreitzer
Camp Hill
CBS
Kreitzer
Andrew
Philip
Bartholomew
Thaddeus
Thomas
Simon
Judas Iscariot
Matthew
Peter
James the Less
James
Alphaeus
Georgi Graves
Evansville
Ind
Miss Graves
Polio Vaccine Statement Promised By Officials
Washington A new official statement on the polio vaccine situation was promised today by the Public Health Service. Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele was to issue the statement regarding a meeting of the service's technical advisory committee on vaccine and related actions. House Commerce subcommittee chaired by Priest (D Tenn) was convened to consider a bill for federal aid to cover inoculation costs amid no vaccine releases since June 6.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Capitol
Priest
D-Tenn
House Commerce
Operation Gyroscope Begins Move To Japan
In SAN FRANCISCO the Army starts Operation Gyroscope with 366 dependents of the 508th Regimental Combat Team boarding the Gen. A. E. Anderson for Japan. A second group of 365 follows on the Gen. J. C. Breckinridge. The 508th will replace the 187th RCT in Japan. the 187th heads to Fort Bragg.
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San Francisco
508Th
A. E. Anderson
Japan
J. C. Breckinridge
187Th Rct
187Th
Fort Bragg
N. C
Travis Air Force Base
Tactical Air Command
Ft. Campbell
18Th Air Force
Donaldson Air Force Base
Greenville
D.C
Fort Campbell
Warren F. Uebel
St. Paul
Minn
Victor Hopple
Hopkins
James A. Cottrell
Red Bank
N.J
Eisenhower Optimistic for Geneva Talks Despite Skepticism
President Eisenhower said the United States will negotiate in good faith at the Geneva Big Four meeting while cautioning that disarmament talks may hinge on agreeing on an inspections system. He praised Memphis for building an electric plant that could render the Dixon Yates project unnecessary and addressed Wenzell’s role amid Dixon Yates funding questions. He avoided discussing a second term as questions linger about a re election bid.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Geneva
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Memphis
Dixon-Yates
Adolph E. Wenzell
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Wenzell
New York
Budget Bureau
White House
First Boston Corp
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Mission School Opens at Lake Junaluska With 250 Women
The annual school of missions sponsored by the Women's Society of Christian Service Southeastern Jurisdiction opened at Lake Junaluska N C with about 250 Methodist women from nine states and Cuba in attendance. Miss Dorothy McConnell of New York will speak Thursday and Friday nights. The school runs through July 14.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C.P
Women's Society of Christian Service
Southeastern Jurisdiction
States
Cuba
Dorothy McConnell
New York
World Outlook
Methodist Board of Missions
Council of Europe expansion urged by ministers
French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay and British Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan called for expanding the Council of Europe beyond the Iron Curtain. Speaking to the European Consultative Assembly, they urged revising the statute to admit all European states and reassured that Western unity would not be abandoned at Geneva.
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Strasbourg
France
Antoine Pinay
Harold Macmillan
Council of Europe
European Consultative Assembly
Geneva
Macmillan
Council
Pinay
Europe
Congress moves on Eisenhower's bills amid stalemate
Democratic leaders announced early Senate action on a House passed military reserves bill and stressed foreign aid authorizations. Senate leaders backed progress on housing and tax measures while plans for refugee law, school construction and health bills faced delay as housing blocked by Rules Committee.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen. Clements
Kentucky
Senate
Pentagon
Sen
Knowland
California
Clements
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Rules Committee
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate Finance Committee
House
Dixon Yates controversy widens over Memphis power plan
Washington reports a renewed flare in the Dixon Yates contract dispute as FBI agents gather facts about Memphis plans for a municipal power plant. Senator Kefauver calls the FBI use shocking. the Justice Department insists the visits are fact finding, not an investigation, amid Senate moves on a linked 6.2 million dollar power line funding with strings attached.
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Washington
Eisenhower
FBI
Memphis
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Justice Department
Dixon-Yates
Dixon - Yates
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sen
Gore
Knowland
R-Calif
White House
Knoweland
Dixon-Yates Power
G. Frederick Mullen
TVA Power
TVA
Capitol Hill
Johnson Progressing Satisfactorily After Heart Attack
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, hospitalized at Naval Medical Center after a heart attack on Saturday, is progressing satisfactorily and is cheerful though on the serious list. Senate duties are being carried by Senator Clements of Kentucky as Johnson remains away from the Capitol for the session.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Naval Medical Center
Sen
Johnson
Senate
Sen. Clements
Kentucky
Boy and Dog Plunge From Window in Salisbury
In Salisbury North Carolina a four year old boy Charles King and his ten year old brother Gene fell three stories from a window while playing with toys. The dog Inky an two year old cocker spaniel jumped after them and also survived the fall with minor injuries.
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Salisbury
N.C
Charles King
Everiette King
Veterans Administration Hospital
Gene
Charles
Inky
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